Madame de Stael
1: French romantic writer (1766-1817) [syn: {Stael}, {Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-Holstein}]
Madame Tussaud
1: French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxwork...
madcap
1: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "mad...
madden
1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: {craze}] 2: drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves 3: make mad; "His behavior is maddening"
maddened
1: marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the mad...
maddening
1: extremely annoying or displeasing; "his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating"; "I've had an exasperating day"; "her infuriating indifference"; "the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was madde...
madder family
1: widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry [syn: {Rubiaceae}, {family Rubiaceae}...
madderwort
1: any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae [syn: {rubiaceous plant}]
made use of
1: put to use [syn: {employed}, {made use of(p)}]
made-to-order
1: built for a particular individual [syn: {custom-built}] 2: of clothing [syn: {bespoke}, {bespoken}, {tailored}, {tailor-made}]
made-up
1: formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story" [syn: {fabricated}, {fancied}, ...
Madeira
1: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn: {Madeira River}] 2: amber-colored dessert wine from Madeira
Madeira cake
1: a rich sponge cake with close texture; intended to be eaten with a glass of Madeira wine [syn: {Madeira sponge}]
Madeira Islands
1: a group of volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean west of Morocco
Madeira River
1: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn: {Madeira}]
Madeira sponge
1: a rich sponge cake with close texture; intended to be eaten with a glass of Madeira wine [syn: {Madeira cake}]
Madeira winter cherry
1: small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit [syn: {Jerusalem cherry}, {winter cherry}, {Solanum pseudocapsicum}]
mademoiselle
1: small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico [syn: {silver perch}, {Bairdiella chrysoura}] [also: {mesdemoiselles} (pl)]
madhouse
1: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: {Bedlam}, {booby hatch}, {crazy house}, {cuckoo's nest}, {funny farm}, {funny house}, {loony bin}, {nut house}, {nuthouse}, {sanatorium}, {snake pit}]
Madia
1: genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light [syn: {genus Madia}]
Madia elegans
1: California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays [syn: {common madia}, {common tarweed}]
madia oil
1: used as a substitute for olive oil
madia oil plant
1: South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil [syn: {melosa}, {Chile tarweed}, {Madia sativa}]
Madia sativa
1: South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil [syn: {melosa}, {Chile tarweed}, {madia oil plant}]
Madison
1: 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836) [syn: {James Madison}, {P...
madly
1: in a desperate manner; "she fought back madly" 2: in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" ...
madman
1: an insane person [syn: {lunatic}, {maniac}]
madnep
1: biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip [syn: {wild parsnip}]
madness
1: obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: {lunacy}, {insaneness}] 2: an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies i...
Madonna
1: the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics [syn: {Mary}, {Virgin Mary}, {The Virgin}, {Blessed Virgin}] 2: United States pop singe...
Madonna lily
1: lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers [syn: {white lily}, {Annunciation lily}, {Lent lily}, {Lilium candidum}]
Madonna Louise Ciccone
1: United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958) [syn: {Madonna}]
Madoqua
1: genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa [syn: {genus Madoqua}]
Madras
1: a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras [syn: {Tamil Nadu}] 2: a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras [syn: {Chennai}] 3: a...
madrasa
1: Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan; "the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students"; "many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported wi...
madrasah
1: Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan; "the Pakistan government decided to close down madrasas that provided military training for their students"; "many madrasas in Bangladesh are supported wi...
madrepore
1: corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands [syn: {stony coral}, {madriporian coral}]
Madrid
1: the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum [syn: {capital of Spain}, {Spanish capital}]
madrigal
1: an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form v : sing madrigals; "The group was madrigaling beautifully"
madrilene
1: a tomato-flavored consomme; often served chilled
madriporian coral
1: corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands [syn: {stony coral}, {madrepore}]
madrona
1: evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning [syn: {madrono}, {manzanita}, {Arbutus...
madrono
1: evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning [syn: {madrona}, {manzanita}, {Arbutus...
madwort
1: any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers [syn: {alyssum}]
Mae West
1: United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: {West}] 2: an inflatable life jacket [syn: {air jacket}]
Maeandra
1: brain corals [syn: {genus Maeandra}]
maelstrom
1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) [syn: {whirlpool}, {vortex}]
maenad
1: an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman 2: (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
maestro
1: an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters" [syn: {master}] [also: {maestri} (pl)]
Maeterlinck
1: Belgian playwright (1862-1949) [syn: {Count Maurice Maeterlinck}]
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Mafa
1: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad [syn: {Matakam}]
Maffia
1: a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia [syn: {Mafia}, {Cosa Nostra}] 2: a secret terrorist group in Sicily; origin...
Mafia
1: a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia [syn: {Maffia}, {Cosa Nostra}] 2: a secret terrorist group in Sicily; origi...
mafioso
1: a member of the Sicilian Mafia 2: a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States [also: {mafiosi} (pl)]
mag
1: a periodic paperback publication; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money" [syn: {magazine}]
mag tape
1: memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information; "he took along a dozen tapes to record the inte...
Magadhan
1: a subfamily of Indic languages
magazine
1: a periodic paperback publication; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money" [syn: {mag}] 2: product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical ...
magazine publisher
1: a business firm that publishes magazines; "he works for a magazine" [syn: {magazine}]
Magdalena
1: a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla [syn: {Magdalena River}]
Magdalena River
1: a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla [syn: {Magdalena}]
Magellan
1: Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521) [syn: {Ferdinand Magellan}, {Fernao Magalhaes}]
Magellanic Cloud
1: either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole
Magen David
1: a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles triangles; an emblem symbolizing Judaism [syn: {Star of David}, {Shield of David}, {Mogen David}, {Solomon's seal}]
magenta
1: deep purplish red n 1: a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta [syn: {fuchsia}] 2: a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napol...
maggot
1: the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
maggoty
1: spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots" [syn: {flyblown}]
Magh
1: the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar [syn: {Magha}]
Magha
1: the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar [syn: {Magh}]
Maghreb
1: the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia [syn: {Mahgrib}]
magic
1: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very ...
magic bullet
1: a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease; "there is no magic bullet against cancer"
magic eye
1: a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations [syn: {photoelectric cell}, {photoconductive cell}, {photocell}, {electric eye}]
Magic Marker
1: a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker) [syn: {felt-tip pen}, {felt-tipped pen}, {felt tip}]
magic mushroom
1: the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin [syn: {mescal button}, {sacred mushroom}]
magic number
1: the atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 or 126
magic realism
1: genre of meticulously realistic painting of imaginary scenes and fantastic images
magic spell
1: a verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: {spell}, {charm}]
magic square
1: a square matrix of n rows and columns; the first n-squared integers are arranged in the cells of the matrix is such a way that the sum of any row or column or diagonal is the same
magic trick
1: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: {conjuring trick}, {trick}, {magic}, {legerdemain}, {conjuration}, {illusion}, {deception}]
magical
1: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very ...
magical power
1: an ability to perform magic [syn: {magical ability}]
magically
1: in a magical manner; "it disappeared magically" [syn: {as if by magic}]
magician
1: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience [syn: {prestidigitator}, {conjurer}, {conjuror}, {illusionist}] 2: one who practices magic or sorcery [syn: {sorcerer}, {wizard}, {necromancer...
Magicicada
1: seventeen-year locust [syn: {genus Magicicada}]
Magicicada septendecim
1: North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13 to 17 years to mature [syn: {seventeen-year locust}, {periodical cicada}]
Maginot
1: French politician who proposed the Maginot Line (1877-1932) [syn: {Andre Maginot}]
Maginot Line
1: a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable it was easily overrun by the Germans in 1940
magisterial
1: of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions" 2: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a boss...
magisterially
1: in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator; "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues" [syn: {dictatorially}, {autocratically}] 2: in an authoritative manner; "she spoke aut...
magistracy
1: the position of magistrate [syn: {magistrature}]
magistrate
1: a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice [syn: {judge}, {justice}, {jurist}]
magistrature
1: the position of magistrate [syn: {magistracy}]
maglev
1: high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction [syn: {magnetic levitation}]
magma
1: molten rock in the earth's crust [also: {magmata} (pl)]
Magna Carta
1: the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 [syn: {Magna Charta}, {The Great Charter}]
Magna Charta
1: the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 [syn: {Magna Carta}, {The Great Charter}]
magna cum laude
1: with high honor; with high academic distinction; "a magna cum laude graduate" adv : with high honor; "he graduated magna cum laude"
Magna Mater
1: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops [syn: {Cybele}, {Dindymene}, {Great Mother}, {Mater Turrita}]
magnanimity
1: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: {munificence}, {largess}, {largesse}, {openhandedness}]
magnanimous
1: noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror" [syn: {greathearted}] 2: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's ...
magnanimously
1: in a magnanimous manner; "magnanimously, he forgave all those who had harmed him"
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